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Hi, my friend asked me if I could build him a pc for his 10 years old son which mainly plays Minecraft. He prefers consoles, the pc budget is something between 300-400 as cheaply as possible.

I was thinking of something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-DS2 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £43.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £276.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Or instead of intel

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Athlon X4 750K Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket FM2) Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD750KWOHJBOX) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £284.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Wouldn't he need some form of graphics card or is the IGP enough? Could always look at Trinity/Richland?

The AMD x4 you've spec'd isn't an AGP unit.
 
snips86x said:
Wouldn't he need some form of graphics card or is the IGP enough? Could always look at Trinity/Richland?

The AMD x4 you've spec'd isn't an AGP unit.
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I haven't woke up yet.... I was meant to put a A8 5600k in. :o


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E.g.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x ASRock FM2A55M-DGS AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £41.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £332.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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IC3 said:
I haven't woke up yet.... I was meant to put a A8 5600k in. :o
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It happens :)

I would recommend Richland due to the low power consumption and the quality of the AGP. Intel are getting there, but AMD's is better.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £65.99
1 x AMD A6-6400K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Dual Core Processor (AD640KOKHLBOX) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £370.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Doomedspeed said:
If he prefers consoles why force a pc on him?

If you swap the althon out for an A8 that would be much better
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Well, he want's his own PC for Minecraft and other things such as Youtube.
As I said he prefers consoles, but he keeps mentioning PC and because xmas is not that long ago, he asked for a PC.
 
IC3 said:
Well, he want's his own PC for Minecraft and other things such as Youtube.
As I said he prefers consoles, but he keeps mentioning PC and because xmas is not that long ago, he asked for a PC.
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ohh okay. Good times.

I like snips spec but maybe go for a cheaper A75 motherboard.
 
Ethermaster said:
My 2 cents, Faster RAM and the A85 chipset for overclocking so put a cooler in as well.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £374.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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I used exactly same mobo for my previous amd budget build. I bought a 2666mhz ram but the mobo spec says:
Memory 4x DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
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Big facepalm...:(

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But it actually works on 2133mhz so...

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Something like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £65.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £370.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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IC3 said:
I used exactly same mobo for my previous amd budget build. I bought a 2666mhz ram but the mobo spec says:

Big facepalm...:(

EDIT:
But it actually works on 2133mhz so...

EDIT:

Something like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £65.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £50.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £370.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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I wouldn't touch and ASRock motherboard with a barge pole mate, stick with something from the big 3 (ASUS,Gigabyte or Micro Star International).
 
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